[Beagle]

This thread is to list headphones you have owned (or heard) with papery treble*

These are the first of mine that come to mind:

Philips Fidelio L1
Sennheiser HD700
Sennheiser HD560 Ovation
AKG K7XX

Any others?

*a descriptioned coined by Tyll Hertsens

 

[Mightygrey]

I think you need to describe what you mean by 'papery'.

 

[Blinxat]

Bose QC25, QC35 and other NC headphones also have this issue.

however there are also the "metallic" timbre group.

 

[Beagle]

I think you need to describe what you mean by 'papery'.

Dry, grainy, lack of sweetness and air, artificial, unnatural.

 

[SilverEars]

I'm guessing you mean that artificial sound that you get with wireless headphones like Bose QC35, etc.. I didn't find Sony XM3 to sound artifical like Bose ANC headphones, although it has terrible bloated bass quality.

You mean kinda digital sounding? AKG N90Q sounded like that.

Similarly, the DAC RME ADI 2 has that kind of effect on headphones. Has that digital sounding-ness to it.

Dry, grainy, lack of sweetness and air, artificial, unnatural.

Still too vague. lol. It's hard to describe.

 

[Beagle]

Think of cardboardy bass...only the opposite.

 

[Beagle]

- ATH W1000X

Yes I can relate.

 

[Beagle]

Anymore candidates for papery treble? Anyone? I need to add to my collection.

 

[n05ey]

I found the sennheiser pxc550 to have quite papery treble, actually to be quite papery across the board

 

[Beagle]

I found the Audioquest NightOwl and NightHawks to be not papery at all, despite the diaphragm being made of paper.